Werner Ziegler
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Born | Hausach, Großherzogtum Baden | 30 April 1916
Died | 15 April 2001 Oftersheim, Germany | (aged 84)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany |
Service | Heer |
Years of service | 1936-1945 1956-1967 |
Rank | Oberstleutnant Oberst |
Commands | 2./Infanterie-Regiment 186 Grenadier-Regiment 186 Grenadier-Regiment 1112 Panzergrenadier-Brigade 19 |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Other work | Bundeswehr |
Werner Ziegler (30 April 1916 – 15 April 2001) was a German Major, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Werner Ziegler was released as a prisoner of war in 1946. He then worked for ten years in the private industry before joining the Bundeswehr. In 1956 he served at the Infantry School in Hammelburg under Brigadegeneral Hellmuth Mäder. In 1960 Ziegler served deputy commander of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 35. Seven years later he retired as Oberst and commander of the Panzergrenadierbrigade' 19 in Ahlen.[1]
Awards
- Wound Badge in Black
- Close Combat Clasp in Bronze
- Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants
- Crimea Shield
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (7 July 1940)
- 1st Class (26 April 1941)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Berger, Florian (2000). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
External links
- Werner Ziegler @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- Werner Ziegler @ Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS
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